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Fry's (With 34 locations, this store is hard to find, but really worth visiting it if you find or have one near you. It's a walmart {or other similar mega-store} just about electronics.)

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ebay and amazon are pretty given, like shopping at newegg or tigerdirect... and Radio Shack never carries 1/100th of the things I need. Like the one here... only has 1 inductor, a large RF choke. I would consider them to be a last minute must-have-more-solder type place than a component store... I have yet to look at the components at Fry's... it's too far to drive.

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Fry's (With 34 locations, this store is hard to find, but really worth visiting it if you find or have one near you. It's a walmart {or other similar mega-store} just about electronics.)

I like Fry's, but when they run out on the electronic components they don't restock. Shelves were empty for so many months on standard passive components (resistors, capacitors, etc.) that I stopped considering them for that.

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I'm in the US, and I've generally had good results with Banggood. Their products are pretty much the same as you would find on Ebay, but they appear to care about customer service, at least in my experience. The biggest issue for me has been shipping. On two occasions I've paid a higher price to get something from the US warehouse, thinking that shipping would be much faster. But that hasn't worked. The last time I ordered, the items from China arrived before the US items, which took 18 days via DHL. I've become a real non-fan of US domestic DHL. They are much slower than anyone else. I mean, 18 days. There's no excuse for that.

I don't know what shipping and customs problems you will have in Canada. Maybe someone else can advise you on that. But with regard to the products, I would generally feel comfortable with Banggood. Of course it depends on how much you're going to spend.